In real life, I myself am kind of a rambling guy. I like to travel.

A lot of people get stuck, like, "Oh, if it's made by a studio, it can't be independent." Often they link it to the source of financing, or how it's distributed, but I don't really know how you can. A filmmaker will take his money from anywhere. It doesn't matter.

When you're a houseguest and you leave, it's nice to straighten something up or send your hosts a useful gift. And when you leave the planet, it's nice to have made a positive contribution.

Somewhat dramatic things happen, and you don't even always notice them — that's what life is.

The better a novel is, in literary terms, the more you can't be faithful. The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good film succeeds on terms exclusive to the cinema. That's why so many bad novels can become good movies.

Each one of my movies becomes easier to get off the ground.

I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing.